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OUTSIDE ROOMS THAT 
ARE INSIDE the HOUSE 
There are several rooms, the popularity of 
which is growing, that are so distinctly 
outdoor rooms that when they are included 
inside the house they require an al fresco 
treatment. These are sun rooms, breakfast 
porches and sleeping porches. The sun 
room illustrated to the left and below is in 
the residence of H. Poppenheimer, Esq., at 
Avon Hills, Cincinnati, Ohio. Soft toned 
fabrics have been used, painted furniture 
and wicker. The floor is cement marked 
in squares. Lattice decoration relieves the 
walls. At one side is a wall fountain with 
evergreens grouped in a box at the base. 
Mrs. A. R. White, decorator 
The walls of the sleeping porch are mainly 
windows, so that the chamber is more of a 
room than a porch. Black and white tile 
has been used on the floors, striped shades 
at the windows, the same fabrics being used 
for covers on the couch beds. Green and 
yellow also enter into the color scheme. In 
the same house is a breakfast porch that 
lays just claim to distinction. The furni¬ 
ture is green-black lacquer with decorations 
in old Florentine colors. Draperies are 
citron rep with black trim. Cushions and 
seats covered with striped linen in strong 
colors. The rug is citron color with black 
border. Anne Forester, decorator 
